During the last year, Berry Street has supported over

20,000

Victorians


Berry Street - Foster Care, Child Protection, Youth, Family Violence and Community Services

Welcome to Berry Street


Berry Street is a not-for-profit, non-government and non-church based organisation that has been supporting Victorian children and families since 1877.

We work with children, young people and families with the most challenging and complex needs. These children and young people have often suffered great distress and significant harm growing up in families where violence, neglect, abuse, trauma and poverty have prevented them from having a good childhood.

Our greatest challenges today are:

  • to help children and young people recover from the devastating impact of family violence, abuse and neglect
  • to help women keep themselves and their children safe from family violence
  • to help struggling mothers and fathers to be the parents they want to be
  • to contribute to, and advocate for, a fairer and more inclusive community
  • to provide foster care and kinship care when children can’t live safely at home

More about Berry Street

Our Services


Our Service Charter outlines the Berry Street service committment
to you, our clients. We welcome suggestions and feedback and take seriously any
complaints.

Community
Education, Training & Employment
Family Services
Family Violence
Foster & Kinship Care
Past Clients
Residential Care
Therapeutic
Youth


More about our services

News & Events


The Great Glasbys - our foster carers
The Glasby family in Melbourne's north have had some amazing experiences fostering over 80 children in 20 years, as reported in a cover story by Adrian Bernecich the Heidelberg Leader... read more



Statement following ‘door stop’ by MP Bill Shorten
Monday 20 May 2013 MP Bill Shorten visited Berry Street’s central office in Richmond, Melbourne, to meet staff and hold a press conference on how the election result could change superannuation policy and what the effect would be on lower paid staff of social welfare organisations.

After the press conference there was a chance for us to discuss our views on three areas that are important to us...
read more



JoyFM Berry Street Podcast 2 - Domestic Violence
Interested in learning more about family violence and what we are doing about it?

In this months podcast Shannon Keebaugh from our family violence Northern Region team is interviewed about the work the team does with the police and families facing domestic violence...
Listen to podcast

More information on Family Violence programme



Forced Adoptions Apology
As the Federal Government today, Thursday 21 March, formally apologises for forced adoptions, Berry Street also releases its own apology acknowledging their impact and our deep regret that such practices ever took place... read more



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